Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-11
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CITY AND VICINITY.

Inc nrSU meeting OF lne Clty council
for the purpose of correcting the voting
lists will be held Monday, February 81.
1t cost the city last month so for
electric lights. $l5211 for other street
lights and 1904 IL for police, and the eX-
penses of the water department were
$3742t.
Henry Smith, who was arrested on the
charge of petit larceny in stealing some
small articles from 5. Huntington u Co.,
was fined 81 and costs before Justice j.
w. Russell.
Superintendent Parker has been author
lied to contract for the $500 worth of
water pipe recommended by the mayor
TO enable him to take advantage of the
present favorable prices.
Saturday afternoon the Ethan Allen
slide at Winooski was opened to all the
children in that village free by order of
the Ethan Allen Toboggan association,
and lit was well patronized by hundreds of
the children.
Lyman w. Irish of Westford was ad
judged an insolvent debtor before the
Court of Insolvency by Judge Wales We'd
nesday, and was ordered to file schedules
of his assets and creditors within six days.
At the meeting of the trustees of the
Burlington Savings bank Wednesday
forenoon +. w. Ward was elected assist
ant treasurer of that institution. He has
been connected with the Savings bank ii
years, and is thoroughly competent off
GER
A two days meeting of the State Board
of Agriculture opened at Manchester
('pDfrp WpHDasHa-, III L.
half of the Board met at Poultney in C on
nection with the winter meeting of the
Poulney Industrial association.
At the weekly inspection of the Yer
mont Episcopal Institute the neatest
cadets were j. S. C. Peck, c. Bogue. I. H.
Garfield, w. NJ Chubb, f. b. Lee, j. l..
Sheehy. In the competitive drill. j. r.
Langdon and T. H. Garfield carried of the
hOnors.
The report of the customs district of
Vermont for December is as follows ::
Domestic exports, sl5i, 10l; free goods,
sl62,911 dutiable good 1885, 039 duty.
s49,472.31 Warehouse and transportation
entries, s5l, 100 duties s24 ,40o60. Trans
portion and expectation entries, 1909 OOS ::
duties, S243, 5S6.
Two horse car loads of people from Bur
Lngton attended the social assembly in
Corporation hall at Winooski Wednesday
night, some of our social clubs being rep
resented. The opera house orchestra fur
nished music and it was on the whole an
enjoyable affair. There will be another
assembly at the same place after the car
nival.
one of the largest and most finely
a Il.
city came from the hands of the taXider-
mist, {. +. Miner of Saranac, y. y. last
Thursday. 1t may be seen at the store of
W. w. Wood. The deer, an exceptionally
large buck, was shot in the Adirondacks,
last fall, by Mr.. Jackson Miller of Willis
ton.
The Jail commissioners held meeting
here Friday and among other things
they decided TO start in week or so on a
tour of investigation of some Of the new
JalIs in western cities. They will visit
among other places Ann Arbor, Appleton.
Wis, and st. Louis and they expect to OBJ
tain some valuable suggestions for the
new Jail.
In speaking of the address by D. j. Eos
ter, Esq. of Burlington, on IAN Early
American Scholar" delivered at the
eighth observance OF the anniversary of
the birth of the founder of Brigham acad
envy which occurred on the evening of
FEB 4, the Messenger says that it was an
excellent address and generously applaud
ed at its close
Inc dramatic entertainment given at
the Howard Opera House Monday under
the auspices of the Montcalm club WAS a
most enjoyable affair, the attendance be-
ing good and the programme being rem
dered In most satisfactory manner The
leading feature was the French drama.
lie Sonneur de st. Paul, " in which about
10 young men took part in manner high
~ credltable. The music included selec-
ions by male quartette and the Howard
Opera House orchestra,
The Board of Alderman held their regu-
lar meeting Monday with all the mem
oers present. After routine business WAS
transacted communication from the
city attorney was read justifying his
former position as to enforcing the plumb
ing ordinance. Mr.. John Peck appeared
IN behalf of the owners of the Central
House block and agreed that the ordered
changes should be made in the spring,
Whereupon, the board rescinded the order
'Or prosecution.
The new block which the Messrs. Bar
rows and Bundy are expecting to erect on
the present Jail property will be 1OOxlOO,
OF tour stories and a mansard roof The
front will be of pressed brick with gray
stone trimmings. There will be ample
room for four large stores and broad
nall way to the theatre which il is pro-
posed to erect on the rear of the lot. This
is intended to seat about 800 people, nice
ly finished and furnished and will be on
the ground floor with ample facilities on
all sides for egress in case of fire. A
block of this kind cannot fail being an
ornament to Church street.
At the weekly inspection of cadets at
Rock Point, badges for neatness were
taken by A. c. Stewart W. NJ. Chubb, f.
w ~ ROUua Il " pooaII